Editing Alla Rakha (section)

{{short description|Indian tabla player (1919-2000)}}
{{other uses|Allah Rakha (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix   = [[Ustad]]
| name               = Alla Rakha
| image              = Alla Rakha 1988.jpg
| alt                = 
| caption            = Alla Rakha, 1988
| image_size         = 
| birth_name         = Allah Rakha Qureshi
| alias              = 
| birth_place        = [[Ghagwal]], Jammu Province, [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Kingdom of Jammu and Kashmir]], British Raj (now in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India)
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1919|04|29|df=yes}}
| death_place        = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2000|02|03|1919|04|29|df=y}}
| origin             = 
| occupation         = [[Tabla]], [[Pakhawaj]] player
| known_for          = [[Hindustani classical music]]
| years_active       = 
| label              = 
| credits            = Performed with [[Ravi Shankar]], [[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]], [[Aditya Kalyanpur]]
| children           = {{unbulletedlist|[[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]]| [[Fazal Qureshi]]|[[Taufiq Qureshi]]}}
| awards             = [[Padma Shri]] Award by the [[Government of India]] in 1977<br />[[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1982
| website            = {{URL|allarakhafoundation.org}}
}}

'''Alla Rakha Qureshi''' (29 April 1919 – 3 February 2000) was an Indian [[tabla]] player who specialised in [[Hindustani classical music]]. Widely revered as one of history's most iconic players of the tabla,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zakir Hussain: Obituary of Grammy-winning tabla player |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwype77kwyjo |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> he was a frequent accompanist of [[sitar]] player Pandit [[Ravi Shankar]] and was largely responsible for introducing [[tabla]] to the Western audience.<ref name=EB>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alla-Rakha|archive-date=21 May 2023|title=Alla Rakha - Indian musician|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|url-status=dead|access-date=11 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521040740/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alla-Rakha}}</ref>